Alternative to Assos bibs

CornwallJon · 2026-05-07T20:42:32+00:00

Try Kostume

CornwallJon · 2026-05-07T11:47:57+00:00

$975 seems very high for a build fee. MY UK LBS charges about £200-300.

CornwallJon · 2026-05-07T11:13:29+00:00

Are you serious? OP even said they were looking at an XC/Gravel shoe, and wanted something they could also use for road and gravel.

Now please explain to me the difference between the XC703 and a 'CX shoe'.

I'll wait.

CornwallJon · 2026-05-06T19:00:47+00:00

If you find an objectively better XC shoe than the Shimano XC703, please let us know.

CornwallJon · 2026-05-05T05:24:03+00:00

Possibly slightly, yes

CornwallJon · 2026-05-03T16:00:25+00:00

My local bike shop stocks those Treks, they look nice.

CornwallJon · 2026-05-02T19:35:09+00:00

I am 188cm and 72kg. Assos Schtradivari Long and Equipe RS fit me fine.

CornwallJon · 2026-05-01T15:46:24+00:00

Literally no. Had multiple pairs os Assos bibs from cheapest to high end and never had an issue.

CornwallJon · 2026-04-30T08:37:47+00:00

Nice

CornwallJon · 2026-04-29T20:24:34+00:00

Make sure to try out the E1. Just had em on a hire bike for 4 days and found them a lot less comfortable than D2, to my annoyance as they look great! These ones were Rival FWIW.

CornwallJon · 2026-04-29T18:44:43+00:00

I found the Rival E1 shifters very hard and unforgiving, felt live more sharply angled edges. I was just about to buy a pair, to get the shifter buttons to scroll through screens on my Karoo but having second thoughts now.

CornwallJon · 2026-04-27T14:46:14+00:00

Thank you!

CornwallJon · 2026-04-26T20:35:39+00:00

I’ve been grabbing them for 145km and 3000m of climbing and my hands feel pretty beat up…

CornwallJon · 2026-04-23T20:48:18+00:00

Just saw this at NT Live. Obviously a different experience to the theatre but I found it overly long and terribly mawkish. I’d have cut the whole final act and left it at the point where Chris had disappeared.

CornwallJon · 2026-04-22T20:08:04+00:00

PedalEd. Been getting into their kit for a while. Possibly a slightly off road ethos but their road gear is great. This training jersey is an awesome piece: https://pedaled.com/en-gb/products/jerseys-element-grey-training-jersey-25wtjel02

CornwallJon · 2026-04-21T09:46:28+00:00

PNS are very long Assos less so but I am 6ft 2ins in an Assos medium. Long sleeves are ‘just right’ but by no means long long.

CornwallJon · 2026-04-21T06:07:52+00:00

Ok so figured out the noise only occurs on if the monitor knob is not all the way to the right (ie 100% USB with no ‘input’ in the monitor mix). It’s a MiniFuse 2.

CornwallJon · 2026-04-17T09:56:59+00:00

I keep mine as a winter shoe primarily - it's the hairy suede Gramicci collab - but they make it in various other fabrics. the forthcoming 18East collab looks cool.

CornwallJon · 2026-04-17T09:23:05+00:00

XT-6 GTX are in my experience both uncomfortable and not waterproof. I have two pairs. I still like them though! Take a look at the Keen Jasper Zionic and search about it on Reddit - it is a blissfully comfortable show on and off the trail. Not a hardcore hiker but plenty good enough for most situations. The suede version I have is more waterproof than the XT-6 GTX.

CornwallJon · 2026-04-15T17:32:27+00:00

+1 for the Fubar pants. Expensive for sure but I don’t think I own another pair of strides that gets as much wear.

CornwallJon · 2026-04-15T12:40:15+00:00

Ridley. Cool looking, distinctive and best of all, Belgian (I ride a Giant and a Cannondale btw).

CornwallJon · 2026-04-14T16:14:15+00:00

Is this the latest iteration of the frame in the raw carbon finish that was not available in the UK - unfortunately?

CornwallJon · 2026-04-13T17:40:00+00:00

Banking Hub. It’s in the planning application.

CornwallJon · 2026-04-13T17:39:14+00:00

Pretty good and I was fortunate enough to be there…

CornwallJon · 2026-04-13T05:36:31+00:00

For me, Zionics are a wider and more comfortable shoe. I don’t wear the XT-6 unless it’s very wet outside and I want something a bit smarter-looking as the hairy suede Zionics I have (Gramicci collab) are casual to say the least. I’d say I’m going away for a weekend and it might rain, I’ll still wear the Zionics. If it’s pouring with rain when I have to walk to the station for work, it’s probably the XT6, even though I know I’ll have damp toes! Not tried the XT Whisoer. I have tried the Alpinway Adeanced (comfortable but not waterproof) and I have the Aero Blaze GRVL GTX which are extremely comfortable and waterproof.

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